While I fear that we're drawn to what abandons us, and to what seems most likely to abandon us, in the end I believe we're defined by what embraces us.
Interpretation
This quote reflects on the paradox of human attraction to things that may let us down, while ultimately asserting that our true essence is shaped by what supports and nurtures us.
J. R. Moehringer's quote explores the complex nature of human relationships and desires, suggesting that while we often find ourselves attracted to people or things that may ultimately leave us, it is the connections and experiences that accept and embrace us that truly define who we are. This perspective invites reflection on the importance of building meaningful relationships and seeking out sources of support in our lives, rather than being drawn solely to what is fleeting or unreliable.
In practice
This quote can be used during a motivational talk about the importance of nurturing healthy relationships.
Veganism has given me a higher level of awareness and spirituality, primary because the energy associated with eating has shifted to other areas. If you’re violent to yourself by putting [harmful] things into your body that violate its spirit, it will be difficult not to perpetuate that [violence] onto someone else.
Believe nothing,_x000D_ _x000D_ No matter where you read it,_x000D_ _x000D_ Or who has said it,_x000D_ _x000D_ Not even if I have said it,_x000D_ _x000D_ Unless it agrees with your own reason_x000D_ _x000D_ And your own common sense.
We've drifted away from being fishers of men to being keepers of the aquarium.
Racism? But isn't it only a form of misanthropy?
The popes have spoken of human ecology, closely linked to environmental ecology. We are living in a time of crisis: we see this in the environment, but above all we see this in mankind Man is not in charge today, money is in charge, money rules. God our Father did not give the task of caring for the earth to money, but to us, to men and women: we have this task! Instead, men and women are sacrificed to the idols of profit and consumption: it is the 'culture of waste.'
War is a business in which a lot of people watch a few people get killed and are damn glad it wasn't them.
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